Origin and evolution of chromosomal sperm proteins

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1062-1070

  Eirin Lopez J M Jose M ^a   Ausio, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arginine; Chromatin; Evolution; Histones; Metazoans; Sperm nuclear basic proteins; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HISTONE; HISTONE H1; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTAMINE; SPERM NUCLEAR BASIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HISTONES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTAMINES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOZOA;

BILATERIA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

EID: 70349549948     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900050     Document Type: Review

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